stormrider
Much as it pains me to agree with anything III says.
Prepay is a pain & some of the idjits they have working in the petrol stations are worse than useless.
Don't use:
Mobil orams road manurewa
Mobil wiri station road
BP Bombay
Shell Sanson
Caltex Sanson
Gull Manurewa
FWIW Shell & Gull on roscommon road seem to have petrol a few cents lower than anyone else in that area.
bikes and babes are best naked
Originally Posted by oldguy
I found I had a fluffy seam when my crotch got wet.
Forum whore
Never had a problem,the service stations always turn on the prepay pumps,even after hours.Even go in to pay with lid on,no problems.Must be the Hi-viz (nerd) jacket and the fact my visor is up ,gloves off and wallet out.
Hardcore Biker
But what happened to me after years of going to my local BP was a few changes in staff and a 'revamp' and suddenly they don't know you any more. I started to have a few run ins with the new staff. These include a night shift twat who decided that my $4 refund wasn't important and a woman that didn't turn my pump on for 15 minutes even though I went through the procedure given to me by their management. I solved the first one by stuffing the nozzle in the litter bin and saying $4 of petrol goes in here unless I get my refund 'cos no one else is having it and the second was when I started directing queueing traffic around my bike. Only 3 cars actually drove off but it was enough to get them out of their hutch. It took 3 months to wipe out 10 years of cuctomer goodwill, I don't go there anymore, I don't have a BP Card anymore.Best way is to try and become a regular at a servo so they get to know you and you won't have a problem with prepay anymore
BTW other BPs release the pump with a wave of the glove.
Last time I was in Europe some petrol stations give you a receipt with a bar code or PIN #. You have to swipe or use the PIN to open a barrier to get out of the forecourt. Problem solved.
has made a bo-bo in his nappies
That's exactly what I intend to do. I was waiting for a few more folk to post experiences and then I'll make a list of good, bad and really ugly gas stations.
has made a bo-bo in his nappies
You seem to be missing the point.
Most gas stations are owned by the oil companies who are making more profit than they ever have because of the artificially high fuel prices. In the last few years fuel prices have nearly doubled but extraction and processing has increased only marginally. This is all due to the Iraq war and price manipulation bullshit.
The gas stations claimed in the past that prepay was a security move but the fact is security is a very minor reason for the move to prepay. The REAL reasons are to further increase profit margins by reducing staff numbers (one person on a till instead of forecourt service) and by forcing motorists to visit stations more often and make impulse purchases of non fuel station products.
Fuel prices are deliberately and artificially priced so that the profit at the outlet is small. In fact the oil companies make VAST profits earlier in the production stage and by selling gas TO the privately owned stations. That way they can complain that profit margins are small when they actually are NOT.
Yes, SOME gas stations are privately owned but the trend has been for these to be taken over by the big companies. Theft is a tiny issue compared with selling other junk by the above means.
If the people running gas stations want to sell confectioneries, milk, food etc, they should get out of the gas business and open a bloody dairy or supermarket.
So, in a world where customer satisfaction can change services and technology, sitting back and allowing them to screw us over with an odious system that pisses us off is silly. The smart move is to SHOW them we are pissed off and by outing the good and the bad, force the bad to adopt the practices of the good.
Doing nothing always ensures that abuse will continue.
has made a bo-bo in his nappies
who gives a damn?
a country that supports its internal quality of life by killing and terrorising millions of people outside its borders isn't worthy of respect.
HOWEVER: this is a thread about prepay, try to stay on topic and leave your personal hatreds out of it.
.....your time is coming
This country is really going to the dogs......pre-pay has to be the last straw..............we are doommeed...
Surely things cannot get worse..............
has made a bo-bo in his nappies
Ahh yes, Mobil Orams Rd are utter crap and I stopped using them ages ago even though they are my closest station. It seems Mobil is the worst offender in this regard.
The two Roscommon Rd stations mentioned are always cheaper. Luckily they are on my way to work and I can use em both. The other day diesel at that Gull was 10c a litre cheaper than anywhere else and even than the Shell up the road. That particular Gull usually releases the pump for motorbikes too.
I have a long day today but a short one tomorrow.
Tomorrow afternoon I'll start sifting through the posts to list stations recommended by bike riders and gas stations to avoid at all costs.
I wonder if we can get some kind of front page list for the benefit of KB members so they don't have to troll through endless posts?
has made a bo-bo in his nappies
sure they could: we could be forced to listen to religious crap while we wait in line for fuel.....................
.....your time is coming
Now that would have to be the last straw eh?
Sometimes you have to wonder that life is so negative that it is not worth living eh...............I mean what is left of life to enjoy
National Spelling Chimp 2007
Genius! I'd have never thought of that. As they are legally obliged to give you change, just like they are from any transaction, I'd have written a snotty letter to head office, though no doubt it would get filled in the round filing cabinet like all the other snotty letters.
If this issue is such a problem, could be worth a deputation to Cambell Live or Fair Go etc? What's the average motorcycle fill - $20?
Illuc ivi, illud feci.
Buggrim, Buggrit.
A Life Behind Bars
as long as scumbags try to drive off without paying ,bussiness owners will find ways to try and combat theft and if prepay is the way,so be it.
I am a fuel reseller and believe me there is NO profit in petrol ,especially in rural areas. I pay more for my fuel(wholesale) than i can get it for(retail) 30kms down the road in whitianga. so it is a precious commodity for me.
I can understand the frustration of not knowing how much fuel you need. my suggestion is to only put enough fuel into your tank to get you to the next full service place.ie don't worry about filling it untill you need to.
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We push ourselves to the limit
Yet still be brilliant when the chips are down.
Sometimes , The struggle kills the dream.
has made a bo-bo in his nappies
there's plenty left to enjoy and that is the point: by saying or doing nothing the corporations and governments will continue to fuck up what we have
has made a bo-bo in his nappies
of course that's gonna be your line.
however, the fact is that prepay is more about cutting wage costs and improving junk sales than preventing drive offs.
It's bullshit and a pain in the arse. If you are one of those stations that use it, please identify yourself so other bikers can avoid you on their bikes and in their cars.
Armature speller
That's another bonus of earplugs.
I've never even seen a pre-pay.
I usually fill up only when I've hit reserve which means nowdays it's about $34 or so.
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